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Originally Posted by fintstone
Absolutely. Things would be a lot better if all men had a "code of conduct" they subscribed to. It is much like punctuation, grammar, and sentence structure. People just seem to communicate better with punctuation and if the noun and verb are in agreement.
I think you refer to a quote of Socrates (as quoted by Plato):
"The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise. Children are now tyrants, not the servants of their households. They no longer rise when elders enter the room. They contradict their parents, chatter before company, gobble up dainties at the table, cross their legs, and tyrannize their teachers."
That sure does seem to apply today. Funny how the same old problems seem to keep recurring when a society rejects/moves away from discipline and wholesome shared values/traditions.
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imagine reading that quote, and coming to the conclusion that you are right. imagine having that little self-reflective ability.
eeek.
the joke is that every generation has criticized every subsequent generation for these exact things, ergo, your complaints are as meaningless as every other generations were. your generation was just as much a failure as mine, or genZ according to people like this.
a good reminder to never get "old" like this. the kids are alright, in fact, they are better than we are. and thank god. we could only fix so much of our parents failings, thank god someone is going to improve on us.